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Shiner Olena (Smart Chic Olena x
Miss Shiner Dear x Shining Spark)
and Andrea Fappani score a 226.5 to
win the one-run Derby Open.
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Lil Magnum Jessie (Magnum Chic
Dream x Lil Ruf Jessie x Lil Ruf
Peppy), owned and shown by Casey
Hinton, win the Futurity Open with a
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anch manager Buddy Adams isn’t
the Wall-Street type.
When Adams went to work for
the Adams Ranch, founder of the
Braford breed of cattle, it just seemed to fit for
the 26-year-old hand. Even though he wasn’t
a part of the family that had run the ranch for
70 years, he is now. He and the ranch’s owner,
ironically named Bud Adams – yet no relation
– both share the same passions for cattle and
ranching. Ask anyone today of either of the
Adams men, Bud or Buddy, and you will likely
get a repeated response: “He’s a good man.”
Cowboying is all Buddy Adams has ever
known, and the 71-year-old rancher wouldn’t
have it any other way.
While Adams had prior experience cowboying before signing on with the ranch, he
said it wasn’t until after his introduction
to the Florida spread in 1964 that he
learned what a real cowboy was.
“I’ve been doing this ever since I was
old enough to go. I used to day work
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Patrick Collins and Oh Cay Felix
ended their aged-event career in
Will Rogers Coliseum the way
they began it: with a win. Collins,
Lincoln, Ill., and his great gelding
scored a 226 to claim the NCHA
Classic/Challenge Limited NonPro Championship and $7,555
Sunday night, July 26.
Taking Reserve with a 222 was
Chance Smith, Weatherford ...
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Spectacular Derby Division
Buddy Adams’ time spent on the Adams Ranch has
taught him the true meaning of cowboy.
when I was a kid for people in Sarasota. I rode
colts, but I didn’t even know what a broke
horse was until I got over here,” he said.
Today, the Adams Ranch runs 10,000
head of mother cows and breeds approximately 35 broodmares every year, which is
enough to keep any cowboy in the saddle for
a full day.
“You never know what’s going to happen on
a ranch,” Adams said. “You ride around and
see different things. Every day is different.
We’re always busy. If we say we’re caught up,
something’s wrong.”
While the south Florida heat, mosquito
overload and 15-hour days may seem unappealing to some, Adams said he can think of
worse things.
“I’ve never worked in an office,” he
said. “But it’s got to get boring. I think
I’d get road rage or something. I don’t
think I could stand it.” —JR
n aQha haLL OF FaMe 2009
Cowboying is all Buddy Adams
has ever known.
JOHN BRASSeAux
iNDUCtees
Three individuals and three horses
will be inducted into the American
Quarter Horse Hall of Fame.
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Out ‘N’ About
“Enjoying the moment!”
Nicole Petty, Roseburg, Ore., enjoys
a pleasant late afternoon at the show
grounds, against a backdrop of central
Oregon hills and sagebrush.
Walker Pozzi, Bend, Oregon bathes Lady Tom Tucker
“That feels good!” after
the NRCHA Youth Bridle class.
Fun Times In Oregon
The Northwest Reined Cow Horse
Association held its futurity and derby
at the Rim Rock Riders at Brasada
Ranch in Powell Butte, Ore. The club also
welcomed 10 top competitors for the
Nutrena Northwest’s Greatest Horseman
contest. “Chillin’ out!” Christina Allen chills
out with a dish of ice cream after
making a nice fence run in the Limited
Open Bridle class on Kris Troxel’s
Smart Chic Dot Com.
“Old Glory!” Morgan Pozzi,
“Hold it!” John O’Hara’s lens
captured all the action.
Bend, Ore., riding Starlighting,
presents the flag before the
Northwest’s Greatest Horseman
fence work on Saturday evening.
“Chow time!” Shane and Beth
Steffen, Arlington, Wash., enjoy the
Saturday night pizza feed with
daughters Haydin and Kinley Blu.
“Decision time!” Some of the
Northwest’s Greatest Horseman
contestants: (from left) Mike Helsen and
Millionheir Boon; Jim Spence and Short
N Snakey; Wes Chappell and Drag And
Fly; Jake Telford and PG Dry Fire; Cayley
Wilson and Educating The Chics; Bill Pinz
and Mypantsarepaintedon; and Marc
Bourdet and Meradas Cookin Now.
“Pink moment!” Rayni Koehn finds
the ultimate accessory: pinkNext
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Quick Look at the
Double Dove Ranch
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Reycy cut her way to $208,361, which
included starting off with a Reserve in the
Open at the 2003 NCHA Futurity. Twice
As Reycy and Cox also placed third at the
NCHA Summer Spectacular. Now, it won’t
be long before the talented mare will be
represented by her foals in the show pen.
According to the AQHA, Twice As Reycy,
who is still owned by Double Dove Ranch,
has two 2-year-olds, a red roan stallion by
One Time Pepto and a sorrel mare by Cats
Moonshine, along with a yearling sorrel
stallion by Spots Hot. —KT
John Brasseaux
he 2009 season has been a busy one,
and in the Aug. 1 issue of Quarter
Horse News, the midyear cutting
statistics reveal the horses, riders, owners,
breeders and bloodlines that were most successful through the first half of the year.
In the Non-Pro division, Pepto Boom
(Peptoboonsmal x Stylish Play Lena x Docs
Stylish Oak) is the No. 1 horse, having
been ridden to $61,019 by Jimmy Kemp,
Eastland, Texas. Add in the horse’s open
earnings, and his lifetime total stands at
$68,654. This 4-year-old stallion was bred
by Gail Holmes’ Double Dove Ranch,
Longmont, Colo.
Over the years, Double Dove Ranch
has bred horses that have graced cutting
pens across the United States, from the big
events at Fort Worth to weekend shows
from one corner of the country to the other.
This success is the result of planning and
an outstanding group of mares. According
to Equi-Stat, 70 horses bred by Double
Dove Ranch have performed their way to
$2,370,794.
The most lucrative of those is Movin
Downtown (Movin On Hickory x Louella
Again x Dual Pep), a 2000 gelding who was
blessed with being one of the horses eligible for the MillionHeir incentive program.
Ridden by Craig Morris, Movin Downtown
won the Open at the 2004 MillionHeir
Classic, winning $300,000 for that single hit.
At the same show, Movin Downtown and
then-owner Francie Butler placed ninth in
the Non-Pro for another $22,000 in earnings. Movin Downtown has $342,605 in
total earnings and is owned by Harry Perrin,
Houston, Texas.
Second on the Double Dove Ranch list
is Twice As Reycy (Dual Rey x Rey Lena
Girl x Smart Little Lena), a 2000 mare by
the accomplished Dual Pep stallion who
was bred and is still owned by Holmes’
sister, Linda. Dual Rey has sired 417 foals
that have won $11.5 million. Ridden by
Colorado trainer Lloyd Cox, Twice As
Twice As Reycy and
Lloyd Cox at the 2003
NCHA Futurity
The Double Dove Ranch Winners
Rank Horse
Year/Gender/Pedigree
Earnings
1
MOVIN DOWNTOWN
00G (Movin On Hickory x Louella Again x Dual Pep)
$342,605
2
TWICE AS REYCY
00M (Dual Rey x Rey Lena Girl x Smart Little Lena)
$208,361
3
LIL FAYE REY
99M (Dual Rey x Lil Lenas Sis x Doc O’Lena)
$182,815
4
MISS REYCINE
02M (Dual Rey x Smart Pudden x Smart Little Lena)
$134,894
5
SWEETIES WILD CHILD
02M (Dual Rey x Sweet Shorty Lena x Shorty Lena)
$89,206
6
SMART ROYAL REY
02S (Dual Rey x Peek A Boon x Smart Little Lena)
$82,165
7
PEPTO BOOM
05S (Peptoboonsmal x Stylish Play Lena x Docs Stylish Oak)
$68,654
8
LITTLE SUGAR REY
02S (Dual Rey x Final Sugar x Son O Sugar)
$68,341
9
MEOW MIX (PT)
02G (High Brow Cat x Crimson Coco Chex (PT)
x Crimson Three (PT))
$58,329
10
LITTLE SUN REY
01S (Dual Rey x Sunette Olena x Doc O’Lena)
$56,176
11
REY BANS
01S (Dual Rey x My Lady Stylish x Docs Stylish Oak)
$55,013
12
KIT WIT
01G (Kit Dual x Royal Serena Belle x Shorty Lena)
$54,952
13
DUALITTLE DANCE
98S (Dual Pep x Little Jessilena x Smart Little Lena)
$54,887
14
TREYMENDOUS
03S (Dual Rey x Royal Serena Belle x Shorty Lena)
$54,400
15
SHORTY STARLIGHT
00S (Shorty Lena x Sonata Starlight x Grays Starlight)
$50,413
16
STYLIN DUAL
01S (Dual Pep x My Lady Stylish x Docs Stylish Oak)
$49,814
17
BOY AM I SMART
01G (Playboysalittlesmart x Louella Again x Dual Pep)
$48,528
18
MY GUY REY
03S (Dual Rey x Frost My Pepper x Peppy San Badger)
$44,509
19
ROYAL ME TWICE
02G (Royal Fletch x Royal Serena Belle Shorty Lena)
$44,047
20
MY HOO REY
01G (Dual Rey x My Lady Stylish x Docs Stylish Oak)
$42,375
Equi-Stat, a division of Cowboy Publishing Group and Quarter Horse
News, compiles and researches money earned within equine performance events and then enters this information into its database for use in producing statistical reports.
These performance events include cutting, reining, reined cow horse as well as barrel racing, pleasure
horse and ranch versatility. Equi-Stat’s statistical information helps performance horse events present a
more accurate picture of their particular event to entrants, breeders, owners and potential sponsors. For
more information about Equi-Stat and what it might do for you, visit equistat.com.
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The Pohlmans own the 707 Ranch, Camp
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They also met a talented trainer or two.
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“my thanks go out to everyone that participated,” Koger said.
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Our Open horses [in Canada] have been
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to be more horses staying in the show pen.
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Jasons Million Heir, owned by Aneka Schelbeck and
ridden by veteran reined cow horse trainer Smoky
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Brasada Ranch in Oregon.
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Playdox Sells
This Saturday
$25,000 Final bid
DISTRIBuTeD BY FeATuRe THIS SYNDICATe
on a 2-year-old Playdox
at the 1997 Downtown
Preferred Sale. He was
consigned by breeder
Greg Coalson and purchased by Glade Knight.
$57,020.50 Playdox’s lifetime
earnings.
$385,354 Earnings of Pet
$1,623,740 Winnings posted
by Playdox’s 61 money-earning
offspring, for a $26,619 average.
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